Carl Mc Colman's Biography(Books)(Photos) | |||
Hi. My name is Carl McColman. Thanks for visiting my website. Although I was an Air Force kid, I spent virtually to Christian mysticism and my desire to express my personal spirituality in a contemplative manner, which for me is more my entire childhood in Hampton, Virginia, and so I can confidently say “that’s where I’m from.” As an adult easily done in a Christian rather than a Pagan context. As of this writing (January 2009) I am at work on a book about I’ve lived in West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee before settling in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area, where I Christian mysticism due for publication in the spring of 2010; i’ve also begun work on a book exploring both the remain, having moved here in 1993 when I got married. I have a profoundly handicapped stepdaughter, which is why we reasons why I abandoned Christianity for Neopaganism, as well as why I ultimately found my way back to the church. remain near the big city, although I love being surrounded by trees and so I’m always daydreaming about moving Although I no longer identify as a Neopagan, the fact that somewhere far away from the metropolitan rat-race. I’ve written books about it means it will always be a part of me. But that’s not just okay — I count it as a But the city does have its benefits: not only do I enjoy many friends with varied interests and backgrounds and blessing. I consider it a privilege to express my Christian spirituality in such a way that I can maintain a positive lifestyles and values, but I am a member of a richly rainbow-hued, immigrant-heavy, multicultural church (at last and gracious spirit of openness toward all that is good and true in other faiths. Paganism, like Buddhism and Vedanta count our membership boasted over 90 nationalities!) and I work for a bookstore owned by a Trappist monastery (which and Judaism and Islam, can be a powerful means for grace to flow into our world. For this reason, I am happy to commend means I regularly can participate in the liturgical life of the monks, a blessing for which I never cease to give my books to anyone who would like to learn more about contemporary Pagan and Goddess spirituality. Please visit thanks). Although I’ve been interested in contemplative Christianity since my high school years, my spiritual the books page to learn more about the books I’ve written. Finally, a few odds and ends about me: As I suspect this journey has also included a long-standing interest in Neopaganism — the spirituality of Goddess worship, nature website makes obvious, I have a profound love for literature and for book collecting. Additionally, I am interested in veneration, reconstructed primal European religions like Druidism and postmodern equivalents like Wicca. For several vegan cuisine (I’ve been a vegetarian since 1987 and mostly-vegan since 2005), music (both sacred and secular, years (right around the age of 40, imagine that) I was estranged from the church and identified as a Neopagan: a with a particular fondness for Renaissance choral music, British and Irish folk-rock, 70s prog-rock, and the good fact which is significant because I am also the author of several books, most of which concern neopagan spirituality. ol’ Grateful Dead), cats (I am owned by three), disability issues (a concern that naturally arises from having a I returned to the intentional practice of the Christian faith in 2004, driven in large part by my ongoing devotion disabled family member) and the integral theory of Ken Wilber. | |||